Andrew Lopez, ‘Platonic’ & ‘The Bear’ Standout, Signs With M88
deadline.comEXCLUSIVE: M88 on Tuesday announced its signing of Andrew Lopez, a fast-rising multi-hyphenate who, with appearances on Apple TV+’s Platonic and FX’s The Bear, has made his mark on two of the most buzzy series in recent memory.
An accomplished writer, director, and stand-up currently enjoying a breakout moment on the acting front, Lopez found his most substantial role to date opposite Seth Rogen and Rose Byrne on Platonic, the comedy series from Nicholas Stoller and Francesca Delbanco, which debuted on Apple’s streamer in May.
The show centered on Rogen’s brewer Will and Byrne’s stay-at-home mother Sylvia — a pair of longtime friends reconnecting as adults, after some time apart — has Lopez playing Reggie, the brother of the former’s ex-wife, who butts heads with him as a co-investor in his bar.
It was in June that Lopez appeared on The Bear, sharing weighty moments with Ebon Moss-Bachrach‘s Richie in standout Season 2 episode “Forks,” as his supervisor at the Michelin-starred restaurant where he looks to build out his restaurant-world skillset.
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